MICROBIOLOGY

The nomenclature is currently in flux.

Organisms previously classified as Zygomycetes include those in the subphylum Mucormycotina, which cause the infections classically referred to as mucormycosis.

Basidiobolus ranarum and Conidiobolus species, which typically cause subcutaneous infections in tropical regions, were also previously classified as Zygomycetes prior to the change in nomenclature. They now belong to the sub-phylum Entomophthoromycotina.